WildOats

Living in Florida, you’re treated to beautiful sunsets almost everyday. You see them all the time, and after a while you kind of not notice it any more. Well now that I’m up here in Seattle, I do miss the pretty sunsets. Up here, it’s VERY rare to see a nice sunset. It’s either overcast, or foggy, or raining or something.

The other day believe it or not, I was treated to a nice sunset. One of the very few since I’ve been here. So I was kind of excited by it. The apartment faces west, so I was in the perfect place to see it. The sun had gone down below the top of the mountain, but it lit up the sky a nice yellow orange color. It also made the area on top of the mountain where the sun set glow. The other thing that I liked was that there were some clouds in the sky. Yea shocking ….clouds I know. Anyway, the clouds added a darkened area to the sky which was a nice contrast to the bright yellow of the sun.

There was also a boat out on the water which I put into the picture. The other thing I liked was that the water picked up some of the yellow orange color and was reflecting that back out. Here’s what I was treated to see by mother nature.

This past weekend I was in the living room of the apt, when I looked out the window. I noticed that there was a whole bunch of boats out on the water. There’s the usual ferries that scurry up and down the water way. There’s also cargo ships that go by everyday. There’s even huge cruise ships that we see most days. We also see smaller private boats. But this Saturday, when I looked out I saw a lot more than usual. A lot more private ships, and also what looked like coast guard type looking boats.

So I stopped and just looked at it for a while. It was kinda cool to see all the activity going on. It was also a nice day.  Yea I know….how unusual. (Eye rolling smilie goes here) As I stood there and looked out, I kept seeing more and more boats.  It turns out, they were having some sort of air & sea show thingy. Kinda cool since I had a great view right out my window.

After a while this helicopter flew by. It made a circular pass around the bay. Then it came around again, and just hovered in place. It just stayed there for a few mins. It was cool to just watch it stay there motionless. Then all of a sudden the door opened, and 2 people jumped out. After a few seconds, the copter takes off. It does another circular fly by. Then it comes back, and hovers over the 2 people now in the water. They lowered a line out of the copter to the water. The 2 people get strapped in, and were hoisted up and into the helicopter, and it flew away. I guess it was just for show, for the on lookers. Anyway, I grabbed a shot. Here it is.

I’ve said before that the weather here in Seattle is just odd. A typical day can go from sunny to foggy to completely cloud covered to rain. Then start the whole cycle all over again. Just odd. I’ve watched this happen over and over again from my apt.

The window in the living room of the apartment faces west, onto Elliot Bay. You can see the clouds coming in. Sometimes the clouds stay up high, other times they come in low and on the water. Sometimes the visibility is so bad, you can’t see very far at all. Sometimes you can see the mountains, sometimes you can’t. There have also been times, when the base of the mountain and ground is behind clouds, but the very top of the mountain can been seen.

The other day, the morning started out cloudy. Then the weather went through a few fog- cloudy cycles. But in the afternoon, the clouds started to break up. It was then that I noticed the sun trying to come through the clouds. The scene caught my attention. I really liked how the rays of sun light were flowing down towards Earth. I snapped a quick picture of it. Check it out.